Ironing board attachment



svOct.5, 1943. T. v. BAKER- 2,331,10

IRONING BOARD' ATTACHMENT Filed Dec. 5, 1942 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Y. Inventor 'bzm@v mlm Ba/M 0ct. 5, 1943. l1'. v. BAKER 2,331,100

IRONING BOARD ATTACHMENT Filed Dec. 3, 1942 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Inventor jawn/Awww y Patented Oct. `5, 1943 n UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE IRoNlNG BOARD ATTACHMENT Thelma Viola Baker, Fort Wayne, Ind. Appucation December 3, 1942, serial No. 467,758

2 claims. (c1. azz-111) This invention relates to new and useful improvements in attachments for ironing boards,

the principal object being to provide a troughlike basket adapted to be suspended by an ironing board for the purpose of catching portions of garments which hang over the board and toward the floor or ground, this with a view toward protecting the garments against becoming soiled.

Another important object of the invention is to provide a clothes catching basket ofthe character described which can be readily set in place and which will not be inconvenient to the person ironing. v

Other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent tothe reader of the following description; i I

In the drawingsy Figure 1 represents a side elevational view of an ironing board equipped with the clothes catching basket.

Figure 2 is a top plan view.

Figure 3 is an end elevation. y

Figure 4 is an end elevational View of the basket.

Figure 5 isa cross sectional view of the basket.

Figure 6 is a top plan view of the frame of the basket.

Referring to the drawings wherein like numerals designate like parts, it can be seen that numeral 5 denotes an ironing board top supported by a crossed leg structure 6, 'I.

In carrying out the present invention Awhich is generally referred to by numeral 8, it can be seen that a pair of fore and aft hooks 9,` I0 are secured to the underside of the board 5, the purpose for which will be hereinafter described.

The clothes catching basket 8 comprises a substantially U-shaped frame consisting of an inner U-shaped frame member I2 and an outer larger U-shaped frame element I3 connected at their ends by curved connecting portions I4 and reinforced by vertically disposed substantially U- bridge and definitely define the spaced relation of the frame elements I2, I3. i v

To the frame members I2, I3 are secured the edge portions of a trough-shaped structure I6 which may be of oilcloth or some suitable fabric, hemmed at its edger portions to receive the frame members I2, I3. The frame members I2, I3 are provided with upstandingv eyes I'I and from these eyes on one side extend cords or ropes I8 ex- 1 tending upwardly and over certain hooks 9 or l 0 to connect to eyes I'I on opposite portions of the basket. Thus the basket is supported conveni iently under the board Sand obviously the basket can be shifted to any extent desired by simply pushing a leg against the basket from'one side-lr of the board.

While the foregoing specification sets forth the invention in specic terms, it is to be understood that numerous changes in the shape, sizeand materials may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed hereinafter. n y

f Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is: Y

l. The combination with an ironing board having legs, of a trough of horse-shoe shapestraddlingthe legs of the board to provide side portions below opposite sides of the board and a curved end portion below one end of the board, and means to suspend said trough from said board for universa swinging movement thereon bodily.

2. The combination with an ironing board having legs, of a trough of horse-shoe shape stradfor universal swinging movement thereon bodily.

shaped pieces I5, these latter pieces I5 serving to said trough comprising a continuous upper marginal frame, and a strip ofr ilexible material attached at its edges to the frame to extend around the same.

THELMA VIOLA BAKER. 

